netscape.ldap.ber.stream
Class BERChoice

java.lang.Object
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public class BERChoice

extends BERElement

This class is for the Choice object. Note that this class may be used by a client.

 ENCODING RULE:
   Encoding is the encoding of the specific type used.
 

See Also:

Serialized Form

Fields inherited from class netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement

ANY, APPLICATION, BITSTRING, BOOLEAN, CHOICE, CONSTRUCTED, CONTEXT, ENUMERATED, EOC, EXOP_REQ_OID, EXOP_REQ_VALUE, EXOP_RES_OID, EXOP_RES_VALUE, GENERALSTRING, GRAPHICSTRING, IA5STRING, INTEGER, MRA_DNATTRS, MRA_OID, MRA_TYPE, MRA_VALUE, NULL, NUMERICSTRING, OBJECTID, OCTETSTRING, PRIMITIVE, PRINTABLESTRING, PRIVATE, REAL, SASLCONTEXT, SEQUENCE, SET, SK_MATCHRULE, SK_REVERSE, SR_ATTRTYPE, TAG, TELETEXSTRING, UNIVERSAL, UTCTIME, VIDEOTEXSTRING, VISIBLESTRING

Constructor Summary

BERChoice(BERElement value)
Constructs a choice element.

BERChoice(BERTagDecoder decoder, java.io.InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read)
Constructs a choice element from an input stream.

Method Summary

int	getType() Gets the element type.
BERElement	getValue() Gets the value of the chosen type.
java.lang.String	toString() Gets the string representation.
void	write(java.io.OutputStream stream) Sends the BER encoding of the chosen type directly to a stream.

Methods inherited from class netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement

byteToHexString, getElement, readLengthOctets, readTwosComplement, readUnsignedBinary, sendDefiniteLength

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BERChoice

public BERChoice(BERElement value)

Constructs a choice element.

Parameters:

value - any BERElement value

BERChoice

public BERChoice(BERTagDecoder decoder,
                 java.io.InputStream stream,
                 int[] bytes_read)
          throws java.io.IOException

Constructs a choice element from an input stream. Note that with the current decoding architecture choice types will not be decoded as choices but rather as the types chosen. The following method will never be called.

Parameters:

stream - input stream

bytes_read - array of 1 int; value incremented by number of bytes read from stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - failed to construct

Method Detail

write

public void write(java.io.OutputStream stream)
           throws java.io.IOException

Sends the BER encoding of the chosen type directly to a stream.

Overrides:

write in class BERElement

Parameters:

stream - output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - failed to write

getValue

public BERElement getValue()

Gets the value of the chosen type.

Parameters:

element - type

getType

public int getType()

Gets the element type.

Overrides:

getType in class BERElement

Parameters:

element - type

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Gets the string representation.

Overrides:

toString in class BERElement

Returns:

string representation of tag.